Background
Seligman, Arnold Max was born on March 30, 1912 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States. Son of Maurice J. and Sylvia F. (Crestin) Seligman.
Seligman, Arnold Max was born on March 30, 1912 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States. Son of Maurice J. and Sylvia F. (Crestin) Seligman.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard, 1934, M.D. magna cum laude, 1939.
Research associate department surgery Harvard Medical School, 1943-1948, assistant professor surgery, 1948-1954. Surgical house officer Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1939-1941, assistant resident in surgery, 1941-1942, resident in surgical research, 1942-1943, resident surgery, 1945-1946, assistant visiting surgeon, 1948-1954, associate director surgical research, 1949-1954, director tumor clunic, 1952-1954. Surgeon-in-chief Sinai Hospital Baltimore, 1954-1972, chief research oncology and cell biology, 1972-1976.
Associate professor surgery Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1954-1967, professor surgery, 1968-1976, American Cancer Society professor research oncology and cell biology, 1973-1976. Responsible investigator research grants National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1946-1976, special consultant, 1947-1948, member chemotherapy study section, 1953-1957, 63-65, chairman, 1965-1967. Member commission on growth American Cancer Society, 1950-1953, member of advisory commission on research of therapy of cancer, 1957-1959, 62-76.
President 3d International Congress for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, New York City, 1968. Visiting professor Center for Electron Microscopy, U. Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1969. Member of advisory committee pharmacology-morphology fellowship program Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation, 1970-1975.
Named Maryland. Chemist of Year, 1972. Honorary president 2d Latin American Electron Microscopy Congress, 1974. Recipient Andres Bello medal Republic of Venezuela, 1975.
Medal Electron Microscopy Society American, 1975. Diplomate American Board Surgery.
American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Surgical Association, Surgical Biology.
Married Blume Appel, March 3, 1940. Children: Myron Lee, Dale Berna, Garry Alan, Stanley Fred.